La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'Isola d'Alcina
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(Ferdinando) La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'Isola d'Alcina. Balletto Rappta in Musica al Ser.mo Ladislao Sigismondo Principe di Polonia e di Suezia Nella Villa Imp.le della Sereniss.ma Arcid.ssa d'Austria Gran Duch.sa di Toscana, first edition, engraved title and 5 folding plates by Alfonso Parigi depicting the set designs of his father Giulio Parigi, F4 blank at end, title lightly browned, spotted and with edges chipped, other ff. slightly foxed and lightly browned, unbound, stitched as issued, [Allacci 482; Berlin Kat 4113 (second edition); Cicognara 1432], 4to, [Florence], Pietro Cecconcelli, 1625. Ballet set designs. This ballet, based on Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, was performed at the Villa di Poggio Imperiale on 3 February 1625 at the court of Ferdinando II de'Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was written for the duke's mother, Maria Magdalena and performed at the visit of her nephew, the future King Sigismund IV of Poland (1595-1648). Ferdinando Saracinelli (1583-1640), poet and opera librettist. Francesca Caccini (1587-c.1641), composer and performer.
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La Liberazione di Ruggiero dall'Isola d'Alcina
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